According to the Small Arms Survey, out of 224 countries the United States had the 47th highest firearm homicide rate at 5.2 murders per 100,000 people in 2019. El Salvador reported the highest rate in 2019 at 42.72 gun homicides per 100,000 people. Brazil had the highest total number of firearm homicides with 36,334, while the United States was third with 17,270 in 2019. Below, find the available data from Small Arms survey for the rates and numbers of firearms homicides for 2019 and 2010-2015.
| Country | Rate of Firearm Homicides per 100,000 people 2019 | Number of Firearm Homicdes 2019 | Firearm Homicide Rate per 100,000 People 2010-2015 | Number of Firearm Homicides 2010-2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 36.0 | 13,687 | 15 | 4,148 |
| Albania | 1.7 | 48 | 3 | 88 |
| Algeria | 0.4 | 170 | 1 | 530 |
| Andorra | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Angola | 0.6 | 193 | 2 | 340 |
| Anguilla | 6.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Antigua And Barbuda | 2.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Argentina | 4.6 | 2,048 | 3 | 1,062 |
| Armenia | 0.8 | 25 | 0 | 5 |
| Aruba | 0.9 | 1 | no data | no data |
| Australia | 0.6 | 163 | 0 | 34 |
| Austria | 0.2 | 16 | 0 | 10 |
| Azerbaijan | 0.3 | 35 | 0 | 22 |
| Bahamas | 25.2 | 98 | 25 | 91 |
| Bahrain | 0.1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Bangladesh | 0.3 | 421 | 1 | 1,918 |
| Barbados | 5.6 | 16 | 5 | 14 |
| Belarus | 0.6 | 54 | 0 | 12 |
| Belgium | 0.4 | 49 | 0 | 32 |
| Belize | 20.5 | 80 | 30 | 100 |
| Benin | 2.8 | 331 | 2 | 171 |
| Bermuda | 0.0 | 0 | no data | no data |
| Bhutan | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Bolivia | 3.2 | 367 | 6 | 657 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.3 | 11 | 1 | 40 |
| Botswana | 4.6 | 105 | 4 | 90 |
| Brazil | 17.2 | 36,334 | 19 | 38,494 |
| British Virgin Islands | 13.3 | 4 | no data | no data |
| Brunei Darussalam | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bulgaria | 0.7 | 48 | 0 | 24 |
| Burkina Faso | 6.6 | 1,338 | 2 | 355 |
| Burma | no data | no data | 1 | 703 |
| Burundi | 1.2 | 135 | 3 | 309 |
| Cambodia | 1.2 | 195 | 0 | 50 |
| Cameroon | 1.3 | 346 | 4 | 840 |
| Canada | 0.8 | 314 | 0 | 158 |
| Cape Verde | 7.5 | 41 | 4 | 18 |
| Cayman Islands | 1.5 | 1 | no data | no data |
| Central African Republic | 5.5 | 260 | 3 | 146 |
| Chad | 4.0 | 635 | 2 | 269 |
| Chile | 2.2 | 413 | 1 | 252 |
| China | 0.0 | 400 | 0 | 619 |
| China, Macao SAR | 0.0 | 0 | no data | no data |
| Colombia | 22.4 | 11,276 | 27 | 12,442 |
| Comoros | 2.9 | 25 | 3 | 20 |
| Congo | 1.0 | 52 | 3 | 144 |
| Cook Islands | 0.0 | 0 | no data | no data |
| Costa Rica | 9.0 | 455 | 6 | 278 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 1.5 | 393 | 4 | 748 |
| Croatia | 0.5 | 19 | 0 | 17 |
| Cuba | 0.3 | 38 | 0 | 28 |
| Curaçao | 10.4 | 17 | no data | no data |
| Cyprus | 0.9 | 11 | 0 | 5 |
| Czech Republic | 0.2 | 20 | 0 | 16 |
| Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 0.2 | 43 | 0 | 115 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1.9 | 1,665 | 5 | 3,434 |
| Denmark | 0.2 | 10 | 0 | 9 |
| Djibouti | 4.7 | 46 | 3 | 22 |
| Dominica | 2.8 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Dominican Republic | 7.3 | 779 | 13 | 1,356 |
| Ecuador | 1.8 | 316 | 7 | 842 |
| Egypt | 0.8 | 758 | 2 | 1,353 |
| El Salvador | 42.7 | 2,757 | 49 | 2,969 |
| England & Wales | 0.1 | 31 | 0 | 16 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 0.8 | 11 | 2 | 12 |
| Eritrea | 8.3 | 289 | 2 | 81 |
| Estonia | 0.4 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Ethiopia | 2.6 | 2,959 | 1 | 953 |
| Federated States of Micronesia | 0.9 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Fiji | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Finland | 0.3 | 14 | 0 | 16 |
| France | 0.4 | 266 | 0 | 138 |
| French Guiana | 7.9 | 23 | no data | no data |
| French Polynesia | 0.4 | 1 | no data | no data |
| Gabon | 0.8 | 17 | 4 | 71 |
| Gambia | 0.3 | 6 | 3 | 46 |
| Georgia | 1.4 | 55 | 0 | 8 |
| Germany | 0.1 | 101 | 0 | 55 |
| Ghana | 0.9 | 274 | 1 | 303 |
| Greece | 0.5 | 49 | 1 | 58 |
| Greenland | 1.8 | 1 | no data | no data |
| Grenada | 0.9 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Guadeloupe | 7.0 | 28 | no data | no data |
| Guam | 1.2 | 2 | no data | no data |
| Guatemala | 19.4 | 3,403 | 30 | 4,542 |
| Guinea | 1.6 | 198 | 3 | 323 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 1.4 | 26 | 3 | 46 |
| Guyana | 12.9 | 101 | 10 | 78 |
| Haiti | 8.0 | 901 | 9 | 973 |
| Honduras | 36.5 | 3,560 | 67 | 5,218 |
| Hong Kong | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hungary | 0.1 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Iceland | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| India | 0.7 | 10,043 | 0 | 3,498 |
| Indonesia | 0.1 | 252 | 0 | 406 |
| Islamic Republic of Iran | 0.9 | 772 | 2 | 1,561 |
| Iraq | 12.0 | 4,716 | 8 | 2,742 |
| Ireland | 0.2 | 11 | 0 | 14 |
| Israel | 1.3 | 115 | 1 | 73 |
| Italy | 0.4 | 270 | 0 | 210 |
| Jamaica | 12.5 | 369 | 32 | 882 |
| Japan | 0.0 | 32 | 0 | 14 |
| Jordan | 1.4 | 138 | 2 | 133 |
| Kazakhstan | 0.7 | 128 | 2 | 255 |
| Kenya | 3.7 | 1,922 | 2 | 1,016 |
| Kiribati | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Kosovo | 0.4 | 7 | no data | no data |
| Kuwait | 0.4 | 18 | 2 | 74 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 0.5 | 31 | 0 | 17 |
| Lao People's Democratic Republic | 2.9 | 210 | 2 | 99 |
| Latvia | 0.5 | 10 | 0 | 5 |
| Lebanon | 1.3 | 92 | 2 | 97 |
| Lesotho | 6.5 | 139 | 19 | 383 |
| Liberia | 1.0 | 48 | 3 | 136 |
| Libya | 10.9 | 740 | 1 | 68 |
| Liechtenstein | 0.0 | 0 | no data | no data |
| Lithuania | 0.4 | 11 | 0 | 7 |
| Luxembourg | 0.3 | 2 | no data | no data |
| Madagascar | 0.7 | 189 | 2 | 344 |
| Malawi | 0.7 | 131 | 0 | 16 |
| Malaysia | 0.5 | 146 | 0 | 87 |
| Maldives | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Mali | 8.1 | 1,602 | 3 | 508 |
| Malta | 0.5 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Marshall Islands | 1.7 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Martinique | 1.3 | 5 | no data | no data |
| Mauritania | 1.7 | 75 | 5 | 172 |
| Mauritius | 0.3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| Mayotte | 0.4 | 1 | no data | no data |
| Mexico | 19.3 | 24,572 | 8 | 10,913 |
| Monaco | 0.0 | 0 | no data | no data |
| Mongolia | 0.3 | 10 | 0 | 6 |
| Montenegro | 1.3 | 8 | 2 | 12 |
| Montserrat | 0.0 | 0 | no data | no data |
| Morocco | 0.6 | 206 | 0 | 0 |
| Mozambique | 2.3 | 713 | 1 | 170 |
| Myanmar | 1.3 | 727 | no data | no data |
| Namibia | 3.9 | 97 | 2 | 48 |
| Nauru | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nepal | 0.1 | 37 | 0 | 45 |
| Netherlands | 0.3 | 46 | 0 | 40 |
| New Caledonia | 0.7 | 2 | no data | no data |
| New Zealand | 1.4 | 66 | 0 | 5 |
| Nicaragua | 3.8 | 248 | 6 | 325 |
| Niger | 3.7 | 865 | 2 | 440 |
| Nigeria | 2.9 | 5,891 | 0 | 422 |
| Niue | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Norway | 0.1 | 5 | 0 | 20 |
| Oman | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 87 |
| Pakistan | 1.1 | 2,429 | 5 | 9 |
| Palestine | 1.4 | 71 | 2 | 69 |
| Palau | 0.0 | 0 | no data | no data |
| Panama | 12.7 | 538 | 14 | 536 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1.3 | 116 | 3 | 201 |
| Paraguay | 8.7 | 615 | 9 | 585 |
| Peru | 1.9 | 612 | 4 | 1,347 |
| Philippines | 5.8 | 6,248 | 7 | 6,616 |
| Poland | 0.1 | 42 | 0 | 18 |
| Portugal | 0.5 | 56 | 0 | 32 |
| Puerto Rico | 24.7 | 726 | 25 | 932 |
| Qatar | 0.2 | 5 | 2 | 37 |
| Republic of Korea | 0.0 | 16 | 0 | 10 |
| Republic of Moldova | 0.3 | 14 | 0 | 12 |
| Reunion | 2.0 | 18 | no data | no data |
| Romania | 0.1 | 16 | 0 | 10 |
| Russian Federation | 1.0 | 1,387 | 4 | 5,446 |
| Rwanda | 1.3 | 161 | 1 | 80 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 15.1 | 8 | 8 | 4 |
| Saint Lucia | 10.9 | 20 | 8 | 14 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 17.2 | 1 | no data | no data |
| Saint Vincent And The Grenadines | 11.8 | 13 | no data | no data |
| Samoa | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| San Marino | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 2.3 | 5 | 3 | 5 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1.2 | 416 | 4 | 1,280 |
| Scotland | 0.4 | 22 | 0 | 2 |
| Senegal | 0.5 | 77 | 3 | 46 |
| Serbia | 1.1 | 95 | 1 | 53 |
| Seychelles | 2.0 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Sierra Leone | 0.7 | 52 | 3 | 170 |
| Singapore | 0.2 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| Slovakia | 0.3 | 18 | 0 | 11 |
| Slovenia | 0.2 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| Solomon Islands | 2.1 | 14 | 0 | 2 |
| Somalia | 9.7 | 1,496 | 3 | 308 |
| South Africa | 6.0 | 3,520 | 19 | 10 |
| South Sudan | 7.4 | 816 | 2 | 252 |
| Spain | 0.2 | 84 | 0 | 61 |
| Sri Lanka | 1.3 | 267 | 1 | 223 |
| Sudan | 1.2 | 494 | 2 | 925 |
| Suriname | 3.4 | 20 | 1 | 6 |
| Swaziland | 4.5 | 52 | 11 | 134 |
| Sweden | 0.3 | 29 | 0 | 19 |
| Switzerland | 0.2 | 13 | 0 | 14 |
| Syrian Arab Republic | 34.8 | 5,935 | 1 | 109 |
| Taiwan | 0.2 | 37 | 0 | 87 |
| Tajikistan | 0.2 | 20 | 0 | 12 |
| The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia | 1.4 | 29 | 1 | 13 |
| Thailand | 2.4 | 1,673 | 4 | 2,741 |
| Timor-Leste | 0.9 | 12 | 0 | 5 |
| Togo | 2.6 | 211 | 4 | 18 |
| Tonga | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 18.6 | 260 | 24 | 320 |
| Tunisia | 0.2 | 29 | 1 | 86 |
| Turkey | 1.8 | 1,462 | 1 | 585 |
| Turkmenistan | 0.7 | 40 | 1 | 69 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 2.6 | 1 | no data | no data |
| Tuvalu | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Uganda | 2.3 | 1,009 | 1 | 186 |
| Northern Ireland | 0.2 | 30 | no data | no data |
| Ukraine | 1.1 | 475 | 0 | 100 |
| United Arab Emirates | 0.5 | 46 | 2 | 180 |
| United Republic of Tanzania | 2.4 | 1,389 | 2 | 805 |
| United States | 5.2 | 17,270 | 3 | 8,592 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 35.4 | 37 | no data | no data |
| Uruguay | 8.5 | 295 | 4 | 120 |
| Uzbekistan | 0.1 | 35 | 1 | 221 |
| Vanuatu | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Venezuela | 39.2 | 11,188 | 52 | 15,533 |
| Vietnam | 0.2 | 155 | 0 | 252 |
| Yemen | 31.5 | 9,188 | 4 | 1,092 |
| Zambia | 3.6 | 645 | 4 | 620 |
| Zimbabwe | 1.0 | 143 | 5 | 682 |
Source:
Small Arms Survey, “Firearms and Violent Deaths,” smallarmssurvey.org (accessed June 13, 2017)
Small Arms Survey, “Global Violent Deaths,” smallarmssurvey.org, Feb. 22, 2020
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